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The European Union Visa Information System (VIS) is a database containing information, including biometrics, on visa applications by Third Country Nationals requiring a visa to enter the Schengen area. The system was established in June 2004 by the Council decision 2004/512/EC. [1]
Visa requirements for United States citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states that are imposed on citizens of the United States. As of 2025, holders of a United States passport may travel to 183 countries and territories without a travel visa , or with a visa on arrival .
Visa requirements lifted on 17 May 2019. [77] Belarus: Visa required [78] Visas are waived if you hold a visa for EU countries and the Schengen area. National visa may be substituted with a Schengen visa or a national visa of country of EU, and if arriving and departing via Minsk International Airport. [79] Belgium: Visa required [80] Belize
Local immigration officials will decide the appropriate number of travellers required to register their biometrics, on a range from 10 to 100 per cent as a “relief valve” as the process is ...
However, on 5 April 2010, common visa requirements for airport transit were introduced by the European Union. [81] Nationals of the following 12 countries are required to hold an airport transit visa (ATV) when transiting through any airport in the Schengen Area or Cyprus, even if they remain airside: [82]
The new biometric passports are one of the conditions placed on Ukraine by the European Union on the path to easing its visa requirements and eventually moving towards a visa-free regime with the EU. These national ID cards will be valid for 10 years and issued at the age of 14, instead of at the age of 16, as previous Ukrainian passports were.
The two eastern European nations made a breakthrough in their bid to join the Area in late 2023
The common visa policy allows nationals of certain countries to enter the Schengen Area via air, land or sea without a visa for stays of up to 90 days within a 180-day period. Nationals of certain other countries are required to have a visa either upon arrival or in transit.